I really enjoyed Part of the Machine (jjj2_omni), with its twisting Gigeresque machine and multiple hard-but-fair combats. I never found a use for the super-jump boots, though.
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Tower Tussle (jjj2_greenwood) is a pleasantly uncomplicated blast, working your way up the inside of a wide, square tower. In enjoyed the gradual escalation of jumping ability, the way the rocket launcher turns up just when you really want it, and the balance of difficulty being such that I spent most of my time just low enough on health for it to feel dangerous. The only downsides are a slight visual monotony, and a sense of anti-climax after the trifecta-powered pre-penultimate battle, that the last two are rather less demanding. Good stuff. (I missed all four secrets.)
With the help of Arcane Fiend’s hint, I went deeper into The Shadow and the Flame (jjj2_konig), but I’m giving up again now. It’s too much of a maze, and too reliant on arbitrary action at a distance. Much of it (at least, the first half, where I am stuck) looks the same, so it’s hard to keep your bearings. There are two closed gates, and an area where walking close to the edge of a pit gives a message “A gate in the distance opens” for some reason, but neither gate seems to open. After a bit more wandering around, I lost interest. Sorry, Konig!
Alka Chasm Q64 (jjj2_eduardo2) may be more ludicrously overprovisioned with health – specifically megahealths – than any map I’ve seen before. It’s also oversupplied with weapons and with ammo. But it’s fun, and that’s the point of it all.
Finally, I think: regarding Adventure fun with animal friends also robots i love you (jjj2_quasiotter) … I have enough of Quasiotter’s distinctly non-Quakey Quake style. The joke doesn’t amuse me any more.
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I finished my experience of this pack by replaying the marvellous The Early Bird Gets The 17-Centimeter Fromitz Board (jjj2_juzley) – which was nearly as much fun as last time, despite that last time being less than a month previously. I didn’t want my final word on JJJ2 to be whining about poor Quasiotter. Excellent pack, which touches high highs but also features some infuriating lows. I can’t not give it five stars.
My one last criticism is that I didn’t enjoy the difficulty of traversing the start map to get to portals that, only when I got them, told me whether I’d already played them. It would have made life much easier if they changed colour when completed (as I believe happens in Alkaline itself).
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Update to my previous posting 16 May 2022, 20:45.
I played jjj2_juzley again after half a year.
And, as I had suspected:
I found fromitz 50 in a different location.
Great. Even more fun …
Unregistered user “joka” posted:
This shit put me to tears. It’s so good.
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Ternate Sufferance (gw_x9) can’t be completed on easy skill. After picking up the EX charge, I’m stuck in that room. I’ve seen a playthrough and it seems one of the doors is supposed to open to let in some enemy.
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